Remove Unwanted Pages from PDFs | Rune

Not every page in a PDF is needed. Cover pages, table of contents, blank pages, or irrelevant sections can be removed by extracting only the pages you want. Here's how.

Common Pages to Remove

Cover Pages

Institutional branding or title pages you don't need.

Blank Pages

Empty pages added for printing layout.

Table of Contents

Often unnecessary when you only need specific content.

Advertisements

Promotional pages in free documents or ebooks.

Duplicates

Repeated content from merged or scanned documents.

How to Remove Pages

PDF splitting removes pages by exclusion: extract the pages you want, leaving unwanted pages behind.

Example: Remove First 3 Pages

Original PDF: 50 pages

• Pages 1-3: Cover, copyright, TOC
• Pages 4-50: Actual content

Solution: Extract pages 4-50 → New 47-page PDF without unwanted pages.

Step-by-Step: Remove Pages

1. Open Rune's Split PDF.
2. Upload your PDF.
3. View page thumbnails to identify unwanted pages.
4. Select "Extract Page Range."
5. Specify pages to KEEP (excluding unwanted ones).
6. Click "Split PDF."
7. Download your cleaned document.

Removal Scenarios

Scenario	Pages to Keep
Remove first 2 pages	Pages 3 to end
Remove last 5 pages	Pages 1 to (total - 5)
Remove middle section	Pages 1-10, 25-50 (custom ranges)
Keep only content	Exclude TOC, appendix, ads

Handling Non-Continuous Removal

Need to remove pages from the middle?

Example: Remove pages 15-20 from a 50-page PDF.

• Extract: Pages 1-14, 21-50
• Use "Custom Ranges" option

After Removal

Your extracted PDF maintains:

• Original quality
• Formatting
• Images
• Text

Only the content changes—unwanted pages are simply not included.

Pro Tips

• Preview first: Use thumbnails to verify which pages to remove.
• Work backwards: Sometimes it's easier to identify pages to keep than pages to remove.
• Check page numbers: Printed page numbers may differ from PDF page numbers.

Conclusion

Removing unwanted pages is really about keeping the good ones. Use Rune's Split PDF to extract only the content you need.